Uli

@Uli@sopuli.xyz

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If people's voices become copyright protected in the future as a response to AI, will any non-commercial uses of voices be affected as well?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  While you are correct about copyright on this subject, the more applicable topic here is Right of Publicity. It is state law in over half of US states, intended to protect the use of a person’s voice likeness.

  Essentially, if an imitation voice is used in such a way that it could cause confusion about whether it is really the imitated person, then it is illegal to use it in any commercial context. I understand that the question here was about non-commercial contexts, but that line can get blurry when social media views can create followings that then translate into commercial success. I am not a lawyer by any means, I’ve just been researching this for my own AI voices applications and want to protect myself from accidentally imitating anyone.

  For example, I need to be able to transform my voice into many other character voices, since I have so many lines to record it would be cost prohibitive to hire actors. The worst move would be to download a voice model of a known actor and use that directly. Very sketchy, both legally and ethically.

  So, the next best move is to find three or four voice models and merge them into one with combined tensor data from all three. But I was still quite concerned about this, worried that in the many thousands of voice lines I make, some recognizable actor voices would slip through.

  So, I came up with the following pattern that I feel much more comfortable with, both legally and ethically:

  I download several voice models that have some quality in common - an accent, vocal timbre, or style of speaking. Then, I merge them to make a model that focuses on that trait. And I record myself saying a line with a lot of phoneme variety, trying to match the vocal trait as close as possible. Then, that merged vocal trait model is used to transform the recording of my voice into the new voice. Then, I use this transformed recording to train a new voice model. And I take a few of these generalized models (e.g. an accent, a tone, a speaking style) and use them to create the final character voice, which should in theory be far removed from any of the actors who contributed.

  I’m not sure what OP’s use case is, if it’s truly non-commercial, this method might be overkill. But if anyone wants to try using AI voices in projects but is nervous about legal ramifications, this is one way to try to insulate created voices from the specific training data. YMMV.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Moon Dust⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  We should let him know he’s not allergic. He might be going out of his way to avoid moon dust for no reason.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I am two of them⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Off when?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon has fries⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Anon made the right call, she only wanted him for his fries, she would have been gone once the fries were gone.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon has fries⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The prophecy

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I guess there’s two kinds of ignorance at play here.

  The kind I was referring to is the ignorance of high standards. If you don’t know that you can live in a state of constant dopamine drip supplied by your cellular device, because cellular devices haven’t been invented yet, you wouldn’t miss those dopamine hits that you don’t even know will exist. I think OP would have been just fine if they were born into an earlier generation. Because they would have the bliss of not knowing what future they’re missing out on.

  But to your point, the constantly supplied bliss from our internet bubbles does make us more ignorant to the things outside our bubble. And these days, the things we focus on are often dictated by the corporations who make the addictive apps. So, those corporations will profit by directing away from knowledge about how those same corporations are destroying so many parts of our world. In this case, I would argue that the ignorance is still bliss. It’s just a malignant harmful bliss that distracts from the real things we should be concerned about. And in a way, if it could snap us out the destructive path we’re on, I could see how another Carrington event might actually act as a wake-up call regarding our blatant hubris in thinking that society is ever safe from collapse.

  As you mentioned, there are those who live in parts of the world where they have no access to technology, still living in that blissful ignorance of pre-computerized times. But that is a social bliss. They will still be hurt by the geological effects that the industrial age has wrought. And it won’t be pretty.

  So, I think I would agree with your assertion, plus an addendum. Ignorance isn’t bliss. But it was.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I look at TV shows like OP is talking about and think it might be kind of nice to live in an era where things are slower. If a library book might take weeks and you need to go into town to get a comic book, or there’s nothing to do until dinner except maybe some activity with the people in your close vicinity, it feels like a much more intimate way to experience the world. But I do remember in my early teens when the first wave of Personal Data Assistants came out, and I was wowed by the technology. I can edit a computer document right here in the palm of my hand. Keep my contacts with me, a calendar, a calculator, simple drawing programs. It felt like that device could do everything, years before smartphone was a word. Now I carry two phones around on two different carriers because I too fear a world without service. I sometimes want to go back to the slower world, so I do at times relish long waits at the DMV with nothing to do, or a power outage on a stormy night. But I hate feeling like I’m wasting my time. Even when there’s nothing to do, I’m always trying to do something, it’s just that being constrained forces me to pick different things. So, I’m not sure if it would help or hurt OP to hear that if they grew up before any of this existed, there’s every possibility they would have felt more fulfilled. Because time was something you could still get a handle on and not feel like it’s always slipping away. At least, not so much. In that sense, ignorance can really be bliss.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon has a dream⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Based on his comment history, this guy doesn’t seem very well liked in general. Lots of incel vibes, and he does have some comments in German which I can’t read, but based on the downvotes, I think it’s safe to say his views are unpopular in any language.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What a wonderful world we live in!⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  He’s moved on to another plane.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Maybe the most⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  But the sentence works when put in this order:

  972 461 5380

  Someone braver than me should dial that number.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Number neighbors!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I can believe this - that Trump was paying Epstein for pedophile shit and Clinton never got involved. I also find it pretty easy to believe that despite never being involved with Epstein, Bill Clinton is a scumbag and a rapist, considering the numerous allegations against him:

  …wikipedia.org/…/Bill_Clinton_sexual_assault_and_…

  It’s not proof per se, but with politicians these days, I believe it’s most accurate to find them dirty and corrupt until proven otherwise via their legislative actions (to wit, I’m not holding my breath vis-à-vis 99% of Congress).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What more you want?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  “That line’s not supposed to ring. Who is it?”

  “Sir, it sounds like… you know that movie from the 2010s, the one with the cave people?”

  “Ice Age?”

  “No. No, not that one. It’s got Nick Cage in it.”

  Grug: “He actually goes by Nicolas.”

  “What?”

  “What?”

  Grug: “You can say Nick, it’s fine. You’ve gotta get us out of here!”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tis the way⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, it’s me, I’m the buyer. At any expense, I must possess all the apes. I’m here from the future, to spread the word that if we allow the genral public to have ownership over this level of stupidity, it will result in a runaway moron effect. And if left unchecked, then in my time, four hundred years from now, when we make first contact with other spacefaring civilizations, they’re going to think we’re really lame.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Papa I'm scared⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Vonnegut is my favorite, the one I model my own writing style after. Galopagos is my jam.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Max Is Changing Its Name to (Get This!) HBO Max⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Next year, they will start a loyalty program where they ship cardboard boxes to anyone who wants to ship things out of their home. This will coincide with their rebranding to “Home Box Office.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I fucking hate modern design and modern designers.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Use a script on another device to constantly type a space and then a backspace into the text input box at every moment of every day except for when you are actually composing a message.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Choose a number, 1-5!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, 2 tines and 4 handle is a pretty good fork, I’ll admit. I just worry about the concave shape of the top side of the handle causing the edges to dig into my fingers with long-term use.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Choose a number, 1-5!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Those prongs are fine. The handle, though, it’s like having a huge counterweight on the back of the utensil. I can imagine liking it if it’s always been that way or if you have big hands. Otherwise, handle number 5 is the clear improvement - no sharp edges, properly balanced, not shaped like a wedge. Could hold that fork for days.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Choose a number, 1-5!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The will of the people

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Choose a number, 1-5!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It is clear to me that the only explanation for your preference is nostalgia.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The pipeline⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I want to feel that bone in my mouth. Put that bone inside me, chicken. Let me suck the meat from your bone.

  This comment brought to you by manly men who are straight and also not gay.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨An oldie but a goodie⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  She should swallow a hydrogen cyanide capsule that only dissolves if triggered by the detection of radioactive decay.

  Who knows what will happen to that cat?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨An oldie but a goodie⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, it gets confusing when your mom is a famous stock photo hand model.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨＼(゜o゜;)/⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  We’re gonna need a cuter boat.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon notices lazy writing⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So, it turns out JRR Tolkien was just Tolkien out his Rs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Give us your craziest ocean facts. 🦑⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, now that we know what’s out there, I think we should focus our efforts on putting a big sea monster into the ocean.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Couldn't be worse than what we have now...⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Free popcorn and squeezy cheese for everyone. Free them! Narf!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t like the rootkit. I do everything I possibly can on Linux aside from the one game that requires it. That said, since they started using the rootkit, there has been a steep drop-off in bots in the game. As in I don’t see any anymore. So, annoying and a huge security risk? Absolutely. Dubious? Maybe? Depends on what you mean.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨light pollution⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, that’s what they do in Hawaii currently, with amber LEDs that mimic the tone of the old sodium-vapor lamps.

  It’s definitely an improvement. I would love to see both the matrix and the amber spectrum applied at the same time, that’s like peak utopia for me right there.